Rick
Hershey, who leafleted with friends at Winter Jam in Springfield on
March, writes:

Chip, Michael, and I handed out 2600 booklets at
Winter Jam this afternoon and evening (2525 CVA booklets and 75 Vegan
Outreach booklets) to a young and receptive crowd.We enjoyed pleasant
weather for this event.

Albert Einstein once
wrote, "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind."

Yet, many people see a conflict between science and religion. Many
religious leaders have scoffed at scientific theories, particularly
Darwinian evolution, while some the most outspoken atheists are
professional scientists. Is this conflict inevitable?

Those
who seek a truce between science and religion often assert that
science and religion seek answers to different questions. Science
attempts to explain how things happen, while religion tends to focus
on the “why” questions. In other words, religions often seek to
understand meaning, such as, Why was I born? What am I supposed to do
in my life? What happens to me when I die? The scientific method is
ill-equipped to address such questions.

Atheists typically
claim that such religious questions are silly. They assert that we
aren’t born for any particular reason, that our lives have no greater
meaning than the meaning we choose to give them, and that, when our
body dies, that’s the end of our story. Can science inform religion?
Can religion inform science? How do these questions relate to animal
issues? I’ll start to explore these questions next week.